To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

Quote by Alexander Smith

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Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

I go into my library and all history unrolls before me.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

In life there is nothing more unexpected and surprising than the arrivals and departures of...

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Trees are your best antiques

Trees are your best antiques

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

A great man is the man who does something for the first time.

A great man is the man who does something for the first time.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

Trees are your best antiques.

Trees are your best antiques.

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

A man's real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing...

The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought...

The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought...

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in...

A man gazing on the stars is proverbially at the mercy of the puddles in...

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as...

The dead keep their secrets, and in a while we shall be as wise as...

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...

The man who in this world can keep the whiteness of his soul is not...